salutary

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French salutaire and its source, Latin salutaris (“healthful”), from salus (“health”).

1. Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial.

   “salutary advice”

   “The effect was most salutary; and, amid starts and screams—for the poor girl was fairly frightened out of the small portion of sense that, at any time, belonged to her—they learned that Lord Marchmont had been found dead in his bed; and that Lady Marchmont was, with the shock, in a state of almost insanity!”

2. Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.

   “In the living state, the body is observed to […] reject what is noxious; to select what is salutary; […]”